The four phases of esophageal bolus transit defined by high-resolution impedance manometry and fluoroscopy

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Zhiyue ^a   Yim, Brandon ^a   Gawron, Andrew ^a   Imam, Hala ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolus transit; Esophageal emptying; Fluoroscopy; Impedance; Manometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT INTRABOLUS PRESSURE; CONTRACTILE DECELERATION POINT; DECELERATION; ESOPHAGEAL BOLUS TRANSIT; ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE TOPOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PARAMETERS; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION IMPEDANCE MANOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PRESSURE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY;

BOLUS TRANSIT; ESOPHAGEAL EMPTYING; FLUOROSCOPY; IMPEDANCE; MANOMETRY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 84907953859     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00148.2014     Document Type: Article

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